Who in their right mind can justify one person having access to “at least five full 30-round magazines” along with an “assault-style rifle,” which were used in the slaying of a TSA officer at Los Angeles International Airport last Friday? Why does anyone outside of law enforcement and/or the military ever need access to such means of mass destruction?

Those of us who support (rather low-key) gun-control measures, such as background checks and limiting magazine capacity, are trying to be reasonable, cooperative and respectful of the legitimate use of guns. But assault weapons with high-capacity magazines are not what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they penned the Second Amendment. If we don’t come to terms with how ludicrous it is for private citizens to purchase these weapons with few restraints, we will read more and more tragic stories.

Jean C. Lindsey, Denver

This letter was published in the Nov. 7 edition.

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At Firing Line, a gun shop in Aurora, the guns available that use magazines of more than 15 rounds are marked with red tags informing customers that they are “not available after June 30″ in this June 27 photo. (John Leyba, The Denver Post)

Stephanie B. Logan’s letter exemplifies the condescending elitism prevalent among the anti-gun crowd. They don’t see why anyone would “need” to own what they incorrectly label “assault weapons” and “high-capacity magazines,” so they think oppressive laws are needed to dictate that no one have the freedom to own these things.

Let me attempt to enlighten these backward thinkers. Magazines holding more than 15 rounds are standard capacity for the bulk of handguns and rifles in existence. As a law-abiding citizen posing no threat to anyone, I should be free to purchase whatever type of gun or magazine I want. It’s unjust to restrict someone to small, limited-capacity magazines when a criminal attacker has standard ones.

Gun owners don’t appreciate being placed under the thumb of haughty liberals who think they know better, and Logan can expect that we’ll fight back against efforts to oppress and control us.

Reid Lusk, Englewood

This letter was published in the July 8 edition.

I would just like to ask the letter-writer if I should “emulate the genuine patriots of the Revolutionary War era” by keeping a single-shot long rifle or musket in my home for defense against someone who enters my home with a rifle with a 30-round magazine attached? This is nonsense; the Revolutionary War patriots fought an enemy — “the best-trained standing army” — with similar technology to what they possessed. When we can be sure that criminals will carry muskets, I will defend my family with a musket. Imagine if Washington’s army had been equipped with muskets against a British force armed with AR-15s. They would have been annihilated and we would not be celebrating Independence Day.

Calvin Downs, Littleton

This letter was published in the July 8 edition.

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